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unicorned

unicorned is the simple past and past participle of unicorn.

Meaning of unicorn

Verb

unicorn (third-person singular simple present unicorns, present participle unicorning, simple past and past participle unicorned)

  1. (slang) To participate in a sexual threesome as a bisexual addition to an established heterosexual couple.
    • Katja*, 27, has unicorned on two separate occasions.2017 January 13, E.J. Dickson, “This is why you haven't had a threesome yet”, in New York Post
  2. To exceed a valuation of one billion U.S. dollars, while solely backed by venture capitalists.
    • Since Waze, Soluto and Onavo, both Israeli startups, have had great exits in consumer tech, and Wix “unicorned” through its IPO.2014 November 3, Itay Hod, “The Airbnb of Home-Cooked Meals”, in Daily Beast

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Adjective

unicorned (not comparable)

  1. Having a single horn.
    • To the second series belong the unicorned and bicorned species of Asia.1868, Hugh Falconer, Charles Murchison, Palæontological Memoirs and Notes of the Late Hugh Falconer
    • Doctor Shepard related in his book that unicorned sheep exist in Nepal and on occasion are even sent to Europe.1938, Life and Letters To-day - Volume 20, page 35

Questions about unicorned

What does unicorned mean?
Unicorned means having a single horn.
What is unicorned the simple past and past participle of?
Unicorned is the simple past and past participle of unicorn.
What part of speech is unicorned?
Unicorned is an adjective.

Words near unicorned in the dictionary

  1. unicorn root
  2. unicorn roots
  3. unicorn vomit
  4. unicornback
  5. unicorneal
  6. unicorned
  7. unicornfish
  8. unicornfishes
  9. unicornic
  10. unicorning
  11. unicornity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unicorned (page history and authors); unicorn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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